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2-8-2010 ALL TRAILS ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED DUE TO LACK OF SNOW AND ALL TRAILS WILL NEED AT LEAST A 3 INCH PACKED BASE BEFORE THEY REOPEN! We are having problems with people riding off the trails in many places and these actions may come back to bite us in the future! PLEASE stay on the trail! Our trail connection from Highland Forest to DeRuyter is a go for this season thanks to Donny Newton graciously letting us cross his property again this season, try and keep noise to a minimum and be sure to give Donny a wave if you are riding or driving past his place! | 
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Purpose
The purpose of the Lafayette Trail Riders snowmobile club is to promote safe and proper use of snowmobiles for recreation and commerce in accordance with approved standards of the Educational and Safety Section of the New York State Division of Marine and Recreational Vehicles. Goals
To encourage snowmobile use and development while eliminating any detrimental effect. | Click HERE for more Photos |
To establish well - marked, safe snowmobile trails while avoiding inhabited areas wherever possible. To ensure a good relationship between property owners and snowmobile riders. To obtain permission from all landowners before using their property for a trail. To provide for the mutual assistance, enjoyment and improvement of it's members, both socially and physically.
Objectives
Click HERE for more Photos | To benefit the area in which the club is located. To aid in this objective, the club provides the required safety course prescribed by New York State Division of Marine and Recreational Vehicles for all children between the ages of 10 and 16. There is also an adult course.
Membership in the club entitles you to participate in our many and varied activities, a monthly newsletter, decals for your sleds, membership in the New York State Snowmobile Association and to ride on our trails. |
Some area merchants even offer discounts to club members. Anyone who rides a snowmobile should support their local club. Without clubs there would be no trails. Meetings of the Lafayette Trail Riders take place on the 2nd Wednesday of each month from Sept thru April, at the Lafayette VFW.
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Club Members
In order to bring attention to the economic impact snowmobiling brings to our communities, during Presidents weekend we are asking all snowmobilers to acquire a wallet (or purse) full of $2 bills and distribute them around the community you ride in. When you buy your gas, pay for it with a few $2 bills. When you buy your meals, do the same. Try a toss around a few $2 bills in every establishment you patronize. We are doing this in hopes to bring attention to the businesses that turn a blind eye to snowmobiling and hopefully word will get out to the media on just how big an economic impact snowmobiling is in NYS. If enough people do this it could be a huge eye opener and with any luck, benefit snowmobiling in NYS not only with help from our area businesses but even further up the ladder to our county governments.
In order to get some $2 bills you will need to go to your bank and ask for them. In most cases they will need to order them in and should be available within a week. So anyone that would like to participate in this will need to get to your bank this week to have them in time for Presidents weekend. You don't need a lot. If you plan on spending $50, get $50 worth. If you plan on spending more, get more. It should only take a few per person, per business to get them to start asking questions as there are very few out there in circulation now. Lets all give this a try and see how it works out! |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 03 February 2010 04:12 |
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